GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |